Patient associations as stakeholders: a valuable partner for facilitating access to therapy

Management of Transient Loss of Consciousness: National
Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Guideline

NICE found 27 studies on strategies for the initial assessment that might help doctors predict whether the patient has a serious cause of TLoC, 15 studies of electrocardiograms in patients with TLoC, and 102 studies about more complicated heart tests for patients with TLoC. The most common cause of TLoC was vasovagal syncope, or an “uncomplicated faint.”